Locating Youth Between Power and Marginality: The Limits of Photovoice in Youth Empowerment

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I grew up in Holyoke. I loved my house, my neighborhood, my school, and my
community. Or at least the community I understood as an eight-year-old when I moved
to Northampton, just one town over. I didn't understand the complexities. This summer
I had the honor of working with the Holyoke Youth Commission and completing a
project called Photovoice. I am only beginning to understand this community through
different life experiences shared through written words and photographs.

Youth development is a modern area of study that encompasses the importance of empowerment in the adolescence stage of psychological development. This thesis describes the theories established about empowerment in ...

Today' s youth have a plethora of choices to make ranging from the simple (Do I want
to eat breakfast today?) to the more difficult (Who will I make friends with? Will I try
drugs/alcohol?). It is the more difficult ...

Youth development is a modern area of study that encompasses the importance of empowerment in the adolescence stage of psychological development. This thesis describes the theories established about empowerment in ...